Sydenham Town Forum

Given the proposed name, is this a belated April Fool's joke? Otherwise I dread to think what sort of sign Lee would come up with for this restaurant.

Could someone explain why the side wall to the Greyhound along Peak Hill Gardens is currently being preserved and propped up by scaffolding? It's just that it doesn't feature on the plans shown above. Thanks!

So it seems that the pound shops are a welcome presence in the High St. Their survival is partly thanks to the patronage of the value-conscious middle classes who need to save money where they can in order to afford gnocchi gratin at the Dolphin. It's proof that Sydenham is a cosmpolitain and ...

According the 2001 census, thttp://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=3&b=5941893&c=sydenham&d=14&e=16&g=342076&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1o ...the overall split of owned vs rented properties in Sydenham was 49%/51%. It will be interesting to see what next year's census ...

I don't think Sydenham is overrun with hairdressers; there are probably the right amount as some have closed. It goes back to my point about whether this forum is representative of the population of the town or not. I don't recall many discussions on this forum about which is the best hairdresser ...

It would be a shame if reaching critical mass led to ghettos of "good" shops springing up in close proximity such as at the Greyhound development. Already the establishments favoured by the apparently more discerning Sydenhamites - shops like Kente, Sugahill, Blue Mountain, Kirkdale bookshop ...

I think such comments only serve to illustrate that this forum tends to represent the views of the pro-gentrification lobby, the sort of Sydenham residents who have been priced out of Dulwich but still wish that the High St catered a bit more for their needs. There's nothing wrong with wanting ...